Darjeeling Assembly Elections 2016

A bastion of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), Darjeeling assembly segment has given the BJP lead in 2014 parliamentary polls. BJP had the support of the GJM in that election. GJM is in favour of a separate state of Gorkhaland in West Bengal, GJM will win the seat in the coming 2016 assembly elections in the state

Darjeeling Assembly Election Candidates List and Results

Name of the Candidate

Party Name

Results

Amar Singh Rai

GJM

Won95386

Sarda Rai Subba

AITC

45473

Govind Chettri

IND

8982

None of the Above

None of the Above

5817

Ashok Kumar Lepcha

GRC

3716

West Bengal Election

Darjeeling is currently held by GJM MLA Trilok Dewan who won the seat in 2011 by defeating Bim Subba of Gorkha National Libertaipn Front (GNLF) by a massive margin of 101675 votes. In that election, while Trilok Dewan polled 78.50 per cent of the votes to get 120532 votes, the GNLF candidate received only 13997 votes. Apart from Darjeeling, GJM has won other two seats in West Bengal in 2011. Trilok Dewan had resigned from both the Assembly and GJM.

Earlier GNLF candidates had been elected from the seat in 1996, 2006 and 2001.